Under the Claw: A Story of the Transvaal
About Under the Claw: A Story of the Transvaal
In Southern Rhodesia, prospector Tim Warest is called out to his claim, finds a vein of gold, and dies of fever. Foreman Simpson and an accomplice keep the strike from Warest's widow and try to make her sell. They draw her to an empty cottage stocked with chickens so a leopard will go in after the birds. Her friend Jack comes after her. Berthe Dagmar is shown wrestling the leopard inside the cottage.
Cast & crew
More about Under the Claw: A Story of the Transvaal
Jean Durand wrote and directed the Gaumont short. The French title is Sous la griffe. A French catalogue gives the length as 650 meters. Lucien Bataille plays Tim Warest, Berthe Dagmar his wife, Édouard Grisollet the foreman Simpson, Gaston Modot the accomplice, and Max Darthigny the friend Jack. The leopard is billed as Mimir.
Themes
Notes
- The English title calls it a story of the Transvaal. The action, as described by Fritzi Kramer after a viewing, is set in Southern Rhodesia.
- Joë Hamman and René Sablon are also in the cast.
- Kino released it in the DVD set Gaumont Treasures, Volume 2.
Scenes
- Simpson stocks an abandoned cottage with chickens and shuts the widow in so the leopard will follow the birds.
- Dagmar grapples with the leopard, billed as Mimir, inside the cottage.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-sous-la-griffe-aka-the-cats-claw)
- Gaumont Treasures, Volume 2 (Kino DVD)
